Banana Cake
We all know and love banana bread, but this light and fluffy Banana Cake is next level.
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 566kcal
Ingredients
Cake:
- 3 medium bananas
- 170 g butter
- 170 g caster sugar
- 80 g light brown sugar
- 3 medium eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 370 g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 0.5 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 75 g dark chocolate chips
- 300 ml buttermilk
Frosting:
- 300 g full fat cream cheese
- 200 g mascarpone
- 250 g icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mash the bananas.3 medium bananas
- In a larger bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.170 g butter, 170 g caster sugar, 80 g light brown sugar
- Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well.3 medium eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Add the mashed banana and mix well.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder and baking soda.370 g plain flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 0.5 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- Add the flour mixture gradually to the large bowl, stirring well.
- Gently stir in the chocolate chips and buttermilk.300 ml buttermilk, 75 g dark chocolate chips
- Pour the mixture in to a greased and lined 10x12 inch baking tray. Put in a preheated oven at 190°C/375°F/Gas 5 for 50 minutes, until a knife comes out clear.
- To make the frosting, mix together the cream cheese and mascarpone. Then gradually add the icing sugar and the vanilla and mix well.300 g full fat cream cheese, 200 g mascarpone, 250 g icing sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Once the cake it cooked, remove it from the oven and pan and put on a cooling rack and cool for at least an hour. Spread with the frosting and put in the fridge for a couple of hours for the frosting to set.
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Notes
- You could swap the dark chocolate chips for white chocolate chips.
- Not a fan of cinnamon? Use ginger or nutmeg, or a mixture of the three.
- You could make a chocolate cream frosting by swapping a little of the icing sugar for cocoa powder.
- You can make these in to cupcakes by dividing the batter in to cupcake cases until half full and then baking for 22 minutes.
- Feel free to get creative with extras like raisins, white chocolate chips or chopped pecans or walnuts.
Nutrition
Serving: 1piece | Calories: 566kcal | Carbohydrates: 70g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Cholesterol: 118mg | Sodium: 334mg | Potassium: 316mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 49g | Vitamin A: 1043IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 135mg | Iron: 2mg